Recent content by CanadianRaptorVL

That's what I figured; I was told never to go sideways in an open diff. but I guess that advice is more for pavement. Cheers

Do you guys run the rear differential locked or open when sliding around in the winter?

Everyone's got their priorities but that's just me. With all the trucks I've been through, I feel that the features and luxury trim are cool at first but you tend to forget about them once you actually start using the vehicle and the "new truck" excitement wears off.

I have a few friends with Silverados and Sierras and they're great. Almost all half tons nowadays are pretty similar trying to one-up each other on small "upgrades" year to year. A truck is a truck. I'd just choose the one that you like best (visually/handling) because they all have their...

That new chevy front end still hasn't quite grown on me haha. Great truck nonetheless - enjoy

Awesome, thanks! Do you have three extension cords hooked up to the three heating devices or have you somehow gotten them to reach a single extension cord?

I just went to my local Napa store and they haven't hear of a transmission heater. Are your oil pan and transmission heaters the "pad-type" that stick on the outside or the threaded immersion ones that are installed inside?

Awesome, I'll be getting on later this week. I actually travel to Fort McMurray quite often, damn cold sometimes but its a great city!

I almost forgot about the battery blanket, I'll get one of those real soon. Thanks

The transmission heater does sound like an upgrade I'm willing to do. Which one do you have installed?

Appreciate it, keeping the rust at bay is definitely a priority! Also, are there any known issues with the block heaters / cords on these trucks (2014)? The multiple recalls on the newer ones has me a little uneasy.

Even if the third gen does have a V8, you never know what Ford will mess up on the newer model haha. Also the 6.2 L has a pretty good track record reliability wise, the "newer" V8 will need a couple years in service for me to fork over the money and make the leap. Just my 2 cents

I'll check the service records and see if they were done recently, thanks! I travel mostly outside the city so a garage is not a luxury I have (pains me to see the Raptor out in the cold all night though :( )

The truck got an oil change done a few months ago but unfortunately I don't know what kind of oil they used! I can either fork out some money and have it done again or just pray that it was high grade synthetic haha.

Thanks I'll keep that in mind! I'll start by trying out some of the other tactics before I drop the money on a tuner though